remembrance
/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/
"remembrance" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remembrance” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,846 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,846
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remembrance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remembrance” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for remembrance is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,846 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for remembrance, with forms such as "ermembrance", "reemmbrance", and "remebmrance". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "resemblance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance. The correct English form is remembrance, spelled R-E-M-E-M-B-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
- 2The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
- 3Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
- 4Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
- 5The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.
- 6Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.
Etymology
From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ermembrance,reemmbrance,remebmrance,remembarnce,remembbrance,remembracne,remembrancce,remembranec,remembrannce,remembrence,remembrnace,remembrrance,rememmbrance,rememrbance,remmebrance,remmembrance,rmeembrance,rremembrance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remembrance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “remembrance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-M-E-M-B-R-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “resemblance” - see the side-by-side comparison. remembrance vs resemblance
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.